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Twtlrt 1 * 1 11 y l" ^ "/ft'gjK- qw THE McHENRY * J ,-' W "R K 5 WT "> T' f> &V i*'- * K* > ^ «. " ^"f '»p J - > ~( *lL \ ym »' y I •!' i' f • f •;<• •«• -t, •!• •>• •!• <• •!• •>• !• -g' •! >;»?! -r't- •!• •!• -l-g. •»• -t. 't' •»-•'>•<• •»• .t.».l..t..l. •!• *•:••* •!"> REVIEWING EARLY HAPPENINGS IN McHENRY and VICINAGE Plaindealer Files Furnish Memories of Yesteryears EDITOR'S NOTE -- Due to many requests from Plaindealer readers for a more extended resume of old time news, we are opening a new department, which will occupy the placc of "Twice Told Tales," and will take in the field of "Forty Years Ago," "Twenty-five Fears Ago" and "Ten Years -"go." We hope that this change will please the old timers who have read the Plainde&Ier many years. Tour comments will be wel. come. Don't be afraid -to tell us what you want. creamery and operate same. The men appointed to act on the committee Were Wm. J. Welch, P. H. Wattles imd P. E. Martin. The marriage of Nicholas Preund, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Preund of this village, and Miss Rosa J Schmitt, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin P. Schmitt of Johnsburg, was solemnized at St. Mary's Catholic church here this moaning at 9 o'clock, Rev. Edward Berthold of Johnsburg officiated. Butter on the Elgin Board of Trade sold at 33 cents per pound last Saturday. The annual ice harvest at Pistakee Bay is on. The ice varies in thickness from eight to twelve inches. The brick for the new West Side bank building has arrived and the brick masons are on the job. Now watch the building\ grow. Five years ago McHenry did not have anything that looked like a restaurant. Today she has four, three of which are located on the West Side. The West Side Pleasure club enjoyed a goose supper at their rooms over the John Stoffel store on New Year's eve. The Weat Side club is made up of a fine lot of men who know how to have a good time without going to extremes. FORTY TEARS AGO January 7, 1915 Another new business firm will He launched in this village next Monday morning when William and Anton Schnieder, sons of Mrs. Fred Schnieder, will take over the West Side meat market and grocery, they having purchased the stock of G. C. Bosma, who has conducted the place during the past year or more. William, the senior member of the new firm, has been connected with the meat business in McHenry during the last eleven years. Anton, the junior member, is also an expert meat cutter, having served his apprenticeship in the shops of this village and during the summer of 1914 had charge of the Stilling meat market at Pistakee Bay. Visitors at the place have been admiring the work of a boat which is now nearing completion at the jewelry store of John P. Smith. The boat is being built by the proprietor of this little shop and his principal tool has been his pocket knife. This boat is six "teet in length and when finished will be complete in every detail. It is Mr. Smith's second attempt, his first piece of work being purchased by the Flora DeVoss Hieatrical company and is now being used in some of the plays being staged by that company. The next tabloid play at the Central in • conjunction with pictures will be farcical comedy entitled "A. Cheerful Liar," with the following players in the cast: Lillian Heijner, Edward Heimer, Or. A. Mueller, George Bohr and W. Smith. • On Monday evening of this Week sixteen of our young people enjoyed a: sleigh ride party to Crystal Lake, where a delicious supper waf partaken of at Gerlach's hotel on Main street. Sleighing is the best that this vicinity hai enjoyed in years and the young' ladies who made up this party certainly did make tilings liveiy during the ride and at Crystal j Lake. F. M. RJsley, local manager of the Borderi Condensed Milk company, acted as host to the employees and their wives of the McHenry milk bottling plant on New Year's night. The party, thirty-eight in number, were - first treated to a picture show at the Central opera house, after which all gathered at the home of Mr. Risley on Waukegan _ street, where a banquet was enjoyed. A meeting of the officers and Stockholders of the McHenry Creamery company took place in the village last Saturday afternoon, at which time the follow ing temporary officers were elected: President, Walter J. Walsh; secretary, Charles L. Page. A committee was also appointed to see what can be done in the direction of securing some responsible party to take hold of the TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO January 2, 1990 Installation of officers was held at the McHenry, Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Friday evening, the installing officers being Floyd E. Covalt and Dr. R. G. Chamberlin. James Perkins became the new Worshipful Master. The young ladies of St. Patrick's church gave a public card party Sunday evening. An interesting program was given, consisting of a solo by Evelyn Karls, a recitation by Donald Howard, solo by Mrs. John Kilday and musical selections by the Vales brothers. Mrs. Mary Granger, 80 years old, passed away at the home of her son, D. I. Granger, about 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 1929. On Jan. 1, 1930, the Riverside Grocery and Market, located 'tin Riverside Drive, will become ..a partnership affair, when Albert Barbian, the present owner, will take as partner his brother, George Barbian. William L. Schumacher, who killed his father, Henry Schumacher, in the barn on his father's farm near McHenry on Oct. 21, 1927, was released from the state penitentiary at Joliet Christmas eve, after serving over two years of a sentence of from one to fourteen yqgrs for manslaughter. The general opinion seems to be that Schumacher served enough time for his crime. There were no complaints against issuing a parole to him. John L. Riley died at his home in Chicago on Sunday, Dec. ,29. He was the nephew of Mrs. Ellen Whiting and cousin of A. L. Purvey of this city. Peter J. Heimer, 55 years old, died at St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, about 6 o'clock Sunday morning, Dec. 29, following an emergency operation the day before. Bill Phalin of .the Navy was forced by another to slide from the icy pavement into the ditch. A second car, driven by Norman Preund, pulled in froht of tHe Phalin car ahd offered help. AS Bill stood between the two cars, putting a chain on the bumpers so that he might be pulled out, a third car, driving south, smashed into the Freund auto, resulting in the bumpers of the parked cars hitting and Bill's leg being caught between them. He was taken to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from a compound fracture of one leg. George J. Robinson, brother of Mrs. William Doherty and Waiter Robinson, who reside between McHenry and Crystal Lake, died in Chicago lagst Saturday. Besides his brother and sister, he is survived' by his' wife and 'a son, Lieut. George W. Robinson. Last weekend members of the American Legion Post, No, 491, places thirty-six milk bottles in various public places in McHenry, in which they hope interested foiks will place their contributions to the Soldier and Sailor fund which helps send the Plaindealer weekly to our boys in service. As we go to press Mrs. "George Barbian, chairman of the Sixth War Loan drive in McHenry township, informs us that we have gone over our quota by purchasing $265,905.75 worth of bonds. Braving the icy winds of Tuesday, Jan. 2, Corp. Vince**. Tonyan of Camp Maxey, Texas, took as his bride Miss Esther Smith of Ringwood In a lovely ceremony performed at St. John's church, Johnsburg. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith of Ringwood and Corp. Tonyan is the son of Mr. andi Mrs. Bernard Tdnyan, ateo of Ringwood. BOND & GB^EDFTY AUtJTtfON WM. H. RCSSEL . ED. VOOIL Auctioneers THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Believe me, every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.--Longfellow. By A.H.M. TEN YEARS AGO January 4, 1945 An accident which narrowly missed being a tragedy of the New Year occurred in the early hours of 1945. Headed north on Richmond Road, about two miles out of the city, a car driven by /tinotke/i Don't Put Off Testing Of Soil Go ahead and wait until next spring to take your soil samples to the laboratory, just as everybody else does. Then the laboratory will be snoWed under and you'll have to wait only a month or so to find out what your fields need, says Clyde L. Linsley, extension agronomist, at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture. Then you'll have a chance to griticize the laboratory for delaying your report until it's too late to apply the needed treatment for legumes next year. And that won't help the legumes a bit, Linsley points out. To benefit your soil program and your legumes most, go out and collect soil samples right away from the fields that you plan to seed to legumes next spring. Then you'll have plenty of time this winter to have the samples tested in the laboratory. When the report comes back, you'll have plenty of time to order and apply the recommended limestone, phosphate and potash before seeding. And you'll have the soil test results in time to meet the, requirements of the Agriculture Conservation program.. It Pays To Advertise The farm having been sold, and the undersigned having decided to quit farming, we will sell at public auction on the farm known as the Shearer Farm, 2% miles West and V* mile North on the South Street Marengo - Woodstock Blacktop Road, on Saturday, Jan* 8. 1955 commencing at 12:00 The following described personal property, to-wit: 40 head of livestock, including 19 choice Holstein cows, some fresh ahd some springing; 8 first calf heifers, all of which aire close springers, some- of which may be fresh by sale date; 11 bred Hoi stein heifers; 1 yearling Holstein heifer; 1 Holstein bull. This is a good young dairy of Hbl stein cattle, and anyone desiring replacements will make no mistake in buying them at this. sale. f'KED > 30 ton of first cutting alfalfa hay; 15 ton of straw; 1,000 bushel corn; 15- ton of second cutting alfalfa hay; 400 bushel oats. MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Allis Chalmers tractor and cultivator; 8' McCormick Deering tractor disc; 2 row tractor corn planter on rubber; Case 6' mower; 3 section steel drag; Ottowa 40' grain and hay elevator; John Deere end gate seeder; rubber tired wagon and rack; 250" of new hay rope; 4 rows of snow fence; 2 bottom Case tractor plow; New Idea tractor spreader; New Idea one row corn picker; Case side delivery rake; Case hay baler; Ward hammer mill; 40* drive belt; Rubber tired wagon and box; 2 wheeled trailer; electric clipper; a quantity Of lumber; 100 Cedar posts. MILKING EQUIPMENT 2 unit milking machine; water heater; pails, strainers, etc.; 12 milk cans; 2 wash tanks. Also fill small tools and equipment used in the operation of. a farm. ' TERMS: Usual Bank Terms. Lunch Wagon on Grounds Not Responsible For Accidents BOND and GREGORY, Owners FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WOODSTOCK, Cleriitng Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance' Corp. By State Senator Robert McClory ON IAA BOARD EARLE JOHNSON Earle Johnson, Huntley, McHenry county dairy farmer, is ft new member of the board Of directors of the Illinois Agricultural association. The IAA is the state-wide Farm Bureau group with more than 201,000 member*. Johnson, a Farm Bureau member for twenty-six years, owns a 130- acre dairy farm. He is a past president of the McHenry county Farm Bureau and is president of the Huntley Lions club. Johnson is married and has two sons and two daughters. 4 DAN POWERS, Auctioneer we n^df8ird WiU SeU at public auction on the Meadow Hill Farm Md 4 mil 8 Z f Barrinffton' 2 ni1** south of Fox River Grove A*0n,Uin " TUESDAY. JANUARY 11th at 10:30 sharp Livestock, consisting of the following M Holstein Dairy Cows. 8 „f these cows Ire close sprmjrers a?d 9 e8\to Pa,t 30 <"»">• Thl» 13 a* excepUwiafly good i 7s, """5 '"eein sl2e rood flesh. p y g ° LXs oTd "" ^ 25 H°l5U1" he"^ Holstein bull, 8 10 Feeder pigs; 4 brood sows with 40 pigs; Riding horse. FEED 'StetalTlt2lb"^rr:;41 '°nbaled age in ft. silo, 6 ft. silage in 16 ft. s*i»lo»; :7•5« s»h•o»ck*s« o f tncowrn;. 15 ft. MACHINERY M6D model M tractor; McD Model H tractor & cultivator- McD Model C°™ P^Cr: McD No- 8 3 bot. 14" plow (new)- 2 ^ plow, McD No. 62 combine; McD SOT baler (new) - EZY tiller- McD corn planter; Allis Chalmers pto side rake McD ^ bin£r'- ^pec silo filler with 40* of pipe; JD?pto 7' mo£ wS h^LuS £^ ? *L£&C>°r dlSC: Ca6C ®' di6c: *rain dri1': 4 sec. Kewanee st£ * ™b;T er ^ wagons (1 new); 2 wheel trailor with double ?6" Sx' McD No. 200F spreader; fanning mill; 3 hog troughs- stock tank nnelec,- fenr: 300 «*'• t»kf tractor tires; elec. clipper; bench saw; hydraulic jack; elec. broodfr 3 Surge units; 10 milk cans; cover rack; wash tanks* 1 eal oasturiror' small tools and miscellaneous items. ' ' • ~r Lunch wagon on grounds. . • THORP SALES CORP., Clerk ' Woodstock Hi. -- phone 110 TERMS :$25.00 andundei- cash.over that amount % down and baW* ft monthly payments plus interest. Buy what you want, sign lu ^ note, no co-signers needed. Settlement must be made on day of ,T E. K. HARDY . a W. CLOPTON ALWAYS MADE TO ORDER ,The prescription jour dodtoil .writes Apr you is written serially for you. ,It is an order tbat most b* 'filled exactly as written with the best obtainable medicinal products. Only the finest and purest of ingredients with jjexact potency guaranteed by •uch trusted names as Squibb can be used. And always the proper equipment is at hand to compound the prescription perfectly. These are some of your assurances of getting just what the doctor ordered when you bring your pre* £crlption to up. ^ Tor jronr home medicine cabinet, veil, yon will And here products that meet the most exacting standards.. tor example, the 8tun Amis TOOTH* stosH . . . the only toothbrush bent like a dentist's mirror to help you reach thoae hard-to«fet-st places. It makes thnr«Migh_ hlWa*if'|r surprts* Your pf&er^dr^ar^cur specialty BOLGER'S 108 S. Green 6b PHONE 40 McHenry, HL DRUG STORE This is the year when the Illinois General Assembly meets. Yesterday, Jan. 5, 1955, in accordance with the Constitution of 1870, Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier called the Illinois House of Representatives to order. .The Lieutenant Governor, John William Chapman, resumed his constitutional duties by convening and presiding over the Senate. Rep. W. J. "Bill" Murphy of Antioch took the oath of office to begin his first term. Rep. A. B. McConnell of Woodstock and Rep. Jack Bairstow of Waukegan were sworn in for their /second terms. ; The writer resumed his duties til the Senate, t; The General - Assembly meets bi-annually (every other year), sessions being held each week during the . first six months of the year with adjournment on or before June 30. The last session was In 1953. Barring a special session, the next meeting of the General Assembly will be in January, 1957. These facts come as a surprise to many persons who are under the common (though erroneous) impression that the Illinois General Assembly is in session .constantly, or at least every year. It should be gratifying to all that the legislature does not iqfet more frequently or over a n/iore extended period. More frequent or longer sessions would surely result, in more laws. The complaint is well founded that there are already too many laws on the books. If the legislature matches its recent record, another 1000 changes or additions to the Statutes will result from the present legislative work. Very few Statutes will be repealed. The Illinois General Assembly first met in the year 1819 in the state's first Capitol at Kaskaskia, moving the next year to Vandali'a, which became Illinois' second Capitol. The Capitol was again moved in 1838 to Springfield, primarily through the efforts of Abraham Lincoln, who was at that time state Representative from the Springfield district. This will be the last of the Illinois General Assemblies as they have existed since 1819. During all this period there have been three Representatives and one Senator elected from each Senatorial district. Approval of the apportionment amendment at the general election in November, 1954, has changed the legislature from its historic structure. The 70th Illinois General Assembly (which will meet in 1957) will be composed of state Senators and Representatives elected from -4- separate and1 independent districts. Representatives will hereafter be elected from districts established solely on the basis of population. State Senators will be elected and serve from districts based primarily on area. The establishment of these Representative And Senate districts will be one of the major tasks of the 69th Illinois General Assembly. The background and- sidelights of the Illinois. General Assembly, the personalities who will play major roles, . and the principal issues to be debated, will be discussed in articles to be issued during the legislative session. As in other legislative years, this •may give an understanding and appreciation of the business of legislating in a state of about 9,000,000 persons, and will surely aid the writer in formulating his thoughts .$nd ideas As the work of the Illinois General Assembly progresses. /" HIGHWAY ZOO The WOLF This is the prowler, the rogue of the rood, the cruising Casanova. He may be middle-aged, bald and a little winded. But he's giving every babe the eye, regardless, tf he'd react to a stop light like he does to a doll, he'd be a dreaf) driver intteod of a traffic nightmare. NATIOHAl SAFCTY COUNCK In addressing mail, the state as Well as the city should be shown. To emphasize this point, we have 7 cities named Pittsburg, 3 Pittsburgh, 23 Cleveland, 17 Springfield, 19 Jackson, 16 Independence, 27 Washington, 18 Columbus. ObviousTy, mail cannot be handled efficiently unless it is completely addressed, which means that the street and number, the city, the zone number if any, and the n&m^ of tjie state in full, should be included. Failure to spell out the name of the state often leads to confusion. For example, O. might mean Ohio, Oklahoma, or Oregon to some people. 'BE BOSS OF YOUR FUTURE' MAEENGC FEDERAL AND IOAN ASSOCIATION 102 NORTH STATE ST. TElSPHONf 99 MARENGO, ILLINOIS. TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $5,000,000.00 THERE'S ;> NOTHING LIKE GLASS for fin* flavor protection Ym . . . thoro's nothing lik* glcuw to protect tho delicate flavor of finest foods. That's why glass bottles and jars are by far the faypred container for milk, syrup, ketchup, vinegar, and many other fine foods and ingredients. Handy glass bottles assure honest measure of contents . . . never leak. Buy your milk by the quart or by the economy gallon or half gallon . . . but buy it in glass ... and be sure. Mickey tk Milkntan says: "YOUIL ENJOY THE CONVENIENCI OF OUR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE* For Your Convenience We Deliver Two Half Gallons at Gallon Prices. FREUND'S DAIRY, Ine. Roul# 31 Phone McHenry 195 ZVi Miles North Of McHenry CITY DEUVERY OP SIMPLIFIED ADDRESS MAIL DISCONTINUED The. t'ost Office department on Dec. 30 Usued tihfe following statement: "Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield today announced that the city and village delivery of simplified address mail, established on an experimental basis fifteen months ago, will be discontinued effective midnight March 31, 1955. "The extension of simplified address mail to city and village delivery was started by the Post Officer department on Aug. 21, 1953, in an effort to reduce the huge tosses incurred in handling third class mail and to provide an additional service to the public. The result has not satisfactorily met these objectives and the only possible solution is increased postal rates which will be sought in the next session of Congress. "City and village delivery of simplified address mail which is to be discontinued on next March 31 g&ve mailers the privilege of omitting names and street addresses from circulars and other mail matter, and using the designation 'householders, patrons and boxholders' as addressees. "This elimination of simplified address mail from city and village delivery service does not affect the delivery of simplified address mail on rural routes or to boxholders at post offices where no city or village delivery service is available. This service has been in effect since October, 1934. "Neither does the decision announced by the Postmaster General affect the delivery of city or village routes of 'occupant' mail bearing no name, but using the proper street address which was inaugurated on Oct. 12, 1934. "The Postmaster General's order discontinuing city and village delivery of simplified address mail, appearing' in the issue of The Postal Bulletin' on Jan. 4, 1955, reads as follows: 'City and village delivery of simplified address mail, which was established on an experimental basis on Aug. 21, 1953, is discontinued effective midnight March 31, 1955. Section 123.4 of the Postal Manual is amended to read as follows, as of that date; .41 STYLE OF A& PftBSS: Third claas .mail] intended for delivery, to all patrons on a route or to all boxholden it a postoffice, not having city or village letter carrier service, may Ve addressed in one >of the following styles on each piece: a. ^ Rural or Star Route Boxhold6r b. Post Office Boxholder.' »• FIELD CROPS VALUE The field crops grown by Illinois farmers during 1954 have a value of $1,244,000,000, according to the state and federal departments of agriculture. While this total is 2 per cent less than in 1953, it is >12 per cent higher than the ten-year average. Corn, long king of Illinois crops, accounted for 54 per cent of the all-crops value. Soybeans with 20 per cent, hay 10 per cent, oats 8 per cent and wheat 7 per cent made up 99 per cent of the worth of alia the Illinois field crops. Allotment programs caused a marked decline in the 1954 Illinois wheat acreage and a small reduction in corn plantings, with offsetting increases in soybeans and wwmii grains other than wheat. • r Low Cost Fuel At Your Door Why use out-moded fuels with all the extra work they cause t We will deli v o r convenient, thrifty, safe Bottled Gas direct to your door, wherever yoq live. ALTHOFFS HARDWARE '^McHenry County's Leading Hardware" Phone 284 501 Main St. McHenry, m. DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ON .V. . SUITS - SPORTCOATS ZIP-LINED COATS HEAVY LINED JACKETS 34 Length and Hip Length All Slacks In Stock Sharply Reduced! Broken Lines Dress Shoes Slashed! Famous Names DRESS SHIRTS Whites & Colored Some Slightly Soiled -- Were $3.95 to $4.95 NOW ONLY SPORT SHIRTS Large Assortment of Styles, Fabrics in Long Sleeves Reg. Price NOW $3.95 <2.88 $4.95 *3.88 $5.95 '4.88 $7.95 $5.1 Select from many Patterns and Colors Reg. Price Now $2.50 $1.88 $2.00 $1.28 $1.50 - 88c Gloves Entire Stock / REDUCED! Reg. Price Now $5.95 $4.88 $5.00 $3.88 $3.95 $2.88 Come In and Browse around ... f FITZGERALD'S Men's Shop GUY L. WHITE, Prop. 20# S. Own Stroejt PIIONE 10 McHenry, 111.